Portrait Of A Young Woman
Wallerant Vaillant
17th century
Medium
Black chalk, white and gray pastel, and graphite on faded blue paper
Dimensions
sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/4 in. (39 x 32.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1993
Accession Number
1993.199
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Wallerant Vaillant · 1623–1677
Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677) was a French-born Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker who pioneered the mezzotint technique in printmaking. Born in Lille on May 30, 1623, he died in Amsterdam on August 28, 1677, leaving behind a significant legacy as both a portraitist and innovator in graphic arts. Vaillant holds a distinguished place in art history as one of the first professional artists to...